Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs HTC Rhyme

HTC Explorer
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HTC Rhyme
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC
Announced September 2011 September 2011
Status Available - October 2011 Available - October 2011
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar] 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 205 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 53.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 480p Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1600 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)